4th Grade Science
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| hurricane | a dangerous storm made up of swirling bands of thunderstorms with speeds at least 117 km/hr
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| Tropical depression | a low pressure air mass that froms over warm water and has swirling winds that can be as strong as 61 km/hr
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| Tropical storm | a low pressure air mass that forms over warm water and has swirling winds that are more than 61km/hr but less than 119 km/hr
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| Storm Surge | water pushed ahead onto shore by a the winds outside the eye wall of a hurricane
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| What is the source of a hurricane's energy | The transfer of the heat from the warm ocean water into the air
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| How does a hurrican cause damage | Strong winds; flooding; mudlides; storm surges & strong waves
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| What types of information can hurricane model give? | Strength, direction, and speed
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| Tornado | a rapidly spinning column of air that comes down out of a thunderstorm cloud and touches the ground
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| Vortex | a spinning funnel-shaped are in a fluid
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| Caracteristics of a tornado | Forms over land; hundreds of METERS across; lasts only a few minutes
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| Characteristics of a hurricane | forms over water; hundreds of KILOMETERS across; can last for days
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| tornado watch | tornados are likely to form within a few hours
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| tornado warning | a tornado has been detected on radar
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| dust devil | column of whirling air - NOT A TORNADO - not part of a thunderstorm Common where columns of hot air rise
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| waterspout | a rapidly spinning column of air over a lade or ocean. Usually weaker than tornados
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